Aston Villa 2-2 Liverpool
Key numbers
- Possession 52% – 48%
- Shots 9 (4 on target) – 17 (3)
- Decisive moment: 45+3' Ollie Watkins, FN xPts +0.9
Youri Tielemans 38'
Ollie Watkins 45+3'
Ollie Watkins 45+3'
HT 2:1
Mohamed Salah 29'
Trent Alexander-Arnold 61'
Trent Alexander-Arnold 61'
Aston Villa 9th · 39 pts|Liverpool 1st · 61 pts
2-2 draw, with xG at 0.67–2.5.
Player of the matchYouri TielemansDecisive moment45+3' Ollie Watkins+0.9
Player of the match
Youri Tielemans Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 16 min · level 65 min · Liverpool ahead 9 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
29'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Diogo Jota +0.2
+0.8
38'
Youri Tielemans
Goal
+0.7
45+3'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Lucas Digne +0.3
+0.9
61'
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Mohamed Salah +0.3
+0.9
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +1.6Opponent moments −1.8Time effect −0.1→ League points won 1
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +1.7Opponent moments −1.6Time effect −0.6→ League points won 1
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Aston VillaLiverpool
52%Possession48%
0.67Expected goals (xG)2.5
0.07xG per shot0.15
9Shots17
4Shots on target3
44%Shots on target %18%
5Shots in box14
449Passes407
84%Pass accuracy84%
6Corners8
1Saves1
8Fouls6
1Yellow cards0
3Offsides2
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
37 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.67 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 2.5 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 9 | 13.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 17 | 11.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 52% | 52.4% | |
| Passes | 449 | 454.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 6 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.4 |
Liverpool
40 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.88 | |
| xG | 2.5 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.67 | 0.75 | |
| Shots | 17 | 16.9 | |
| On target | 3 | 6.9 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 10 | |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 48% | 58.6% | |
| Passes | 407 | 542.7 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 86.5% | |
| Corners | 8 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 11.1 |
Timeline
- 23' Yellow Axel Disasi
- 29' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #24 assist Diogo Jota
- 38' Goal Youri Tielemans league goal #2
- 45+3' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #12 assist Lucas Digne
- 61' Goal Trent Alexander-Arnold league goal #2 assist Mohamed Salah
- 66' Sub Trent Alexander-Arnold → Conor Bradley
- 66' Sub Diogo Jota → Darwin Núñez
- 67' Sub Marco Asensio → Donyell Malen
- 67' Sub Marcus Rashford → Jacob Ramsey
- 67' Sub Andrés García → Matty Cash
- 78' Sub Lucas Digne → Ian Maatsen
- 80' Sub Alexis Mac Allister → Luis Díaz
- 86' Sub John McGinn → Lamare Bogarde
- 89' Sub Conor Bradley → Jarell Quansah
Category leaders
- Key passesTrent Alexander-Arnold4
- Duels wonAlexis Mac Allister10/17
- DribblesMorgan Rogers4/7
- Defensive actionsYouri Tielemans7
- ShotsDiogo Jota5 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonAlexis Mac Allister4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.